ECLIPSE PREDICTIONS

INTRODUCTION

On Thursday, 3 November 1994, a total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from
the southern half of the Western Hemisphere. The Moon's umbral shadow
delineates a path through South America including southern Peru, northern
Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. The path crosses the South
Atlantic and swings south of the African continent with no other landfall
except for tiny Gough Island. The path finally ends at sunset in the Indian
Ocean south of Madagascar. A partial eclipse will be seen from within the much
broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow including all of South America,
southern Mexico and Central America, and most of Africa south of the equator
(Figures 1 and
2).